Steinunn Önnudóttir lives and works in Reykjavík, Iceland.
She completed an MA in Fine Arts at the IUA in 2026. She previously completed a BA in Graphic design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in 2009 and a BA in Audiovisual in 2011, also at GRA.
Latest shows include Green Growth at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, feigðarós — dreamfields, a collaborative show at Kling&Bang, Reykjavík, and Non Plus Ultra, a solo show at the Reykjavík Art Museum.
Steinunn received the Svavar Guðnason and Ásta Eiríksdóttir grant for emerging artists in 2019 and was nominated for the Icelandic Art Prize as Artist of the Year in 2022 together with Anna Hrund Másdóttir and Ragnheiður Káradóttir for their collaborative exhibition feigðarós — dreamfields In 2024 Steinunn was selected to attend a year long recidency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
Steinunn ran the Harbinger Project Space from 2014 until 2023, in collaboration with multiple artists, and has published artist books via the publishing platform in volumes in collaboration with Halla Kristín Hannesdóttir since 2017. From 2018 – 2022 Steinunn was a board member of the Sequences Art Festival.
Latest shows include Green Growth at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, feigðarós — dreamfields, a collaborative show at Kling&Bang, Reykjavík, and Non Plus Ultra, a solo show at the Reykjavík Art Museum.
Steinunn received the Svavar Guðnason and Ásta Eiríksdóttir grant for emerging artists in 2019 and was nominated for the Icelandic Art Prize as Artist of the Year in 2022 together with Anna Hrund Másdóttir and Ragnheiður Káradóttir for their collaborative exhibition feigðarós — dreamfields In 2024 Steinunn was selected to attend a year long recidency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
Steinunn ran the Harbinger Project Space from 2014 until 2023, in collaboration with multiple artists, and has published artist books via the publishing platform in volumes in collaboration with Halla Kristín Hannesdóttir since 2017. From 2018 – 2022 Steinunn was a board member of the Sequences Art Festival.